Therefore it is difficult for us to define what we mean when we discuss film editing in a specific film; when we try to categorise the different functions of film editing, we tend to mix up the issues. If a film is described as very effectively cut but otherwise long and boring, the editor knows that the film may have contained conspicuous transitions of scenes that were invented during the shooting or in the scriptwriting, but that the editing was ineffective or even sloppy.
On the other hand many editors tend to ignore the fact that the concrete process of editing is not identical with film editing in general, and that film editors are not the only ones to contribute to the editing of the film. Major aspects of the editing of a film are created outside the editing room. The editor may be primary contributor in some areas of the editing, but the scriptwriter, the photographer and of course the director are also involved in determining the editing of a film.
Editing is a means of expression, with its own language. This language is created in the editing room as well as in the script writing process and on the set. And the editing usually works best if it is completely integrated with the other means of expression used in the given film. The creative decisions that are made in each phase of the process of filmmaking have an influence on the editing process. When the script is being written, the scriptwriter creates the psychology of the characters and their mutual relations and actions as integrated parts of the dramatic structure of the film: the overall structure, the chronological order of events and the development of the plot.
The scriptwriter works to incorporate the physical surroundings as a means of expression for the characters and the plot. On the set, many of the cinematographic effects that were invented in the script are carried out, and new ones are inspired by the physical environment and its visual and auditive potential.
The director decides where to use the master shot technique master shots and close-ups for each character, the foundation for cross-cutting and where to use the sequence shot technique where the action of a scene is covered by a single shot until a new shot takes over the action that follows. Also the staging of scenes is often combined with the making of a storyboard in order to foresee how the individual images will fit together.
When the shooting starts, the manuscript is embodied by actors, locations, design, etc. This process has an influence on the story that is impossible to predict, and which often contradict the original intentions of the script. It may be an actress that doesn't quite possess the seductive charm that the scriptwriter had imagined.
It may be a beautiful sunset that turns into a miserable grey rain. Or it may be a dialogue that looked good on paper, but sounds artificial and literary when played by the actors. It is one of the director's central tasks on the set to deal with this chaotic reality and to strive to recreate the script's original intentions in this: a "second writing" of the film.
How well the director has succeeded on the set, becomes obvious in the editing room. The Battleship Potemkin , directed by Sergei Eisenstein, is an example of the theory and practice of montage. Alfred Hitchcock often used montage in his work to create dramatic effect. In this sequence from Sabotage , we see how Hitchcock creates suspense through montage. There's a Bomb in the Package!
With continuity editing, the narrative is dominant and the audience is not meant to be aware of the changing shots. Since the Second World War, individual movements and new technical innovations have led to new changes in editing styles—for instance, the use of long takes in the films of the Italian Neorealists. US Patent No. Born March 19, Related Inductees. Previous Slide Next Slide. Find an Inductee. Home Explore Login Signup. Successfully reported this slideshow.
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